Explosion rocks World Cup viewing venue in Nigeria

[Bosonic]

Source: AP

DAMATURU, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses say a suicide bomber in tricycle taxi triggered an explosion that blasted a World Cup viewing center in northeast Nigeria, killing several people.

Hospital workers say the death toll likely will rise with 15 people critically wounded and casualties still coming in at Damaturu, state capital of Yobe state.

Boko Haram Islamic extremists have targeted football viewing centers and sports bars in recent weeks, killing at least 40 people in two blasts in northern cities.

Witnesses said the tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area soon after the Brazil-Mexico match started Wednesday night. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/explosion-rocks-world-cup-viewing-venue-nigeria

[BeyondGeography]

1. Real constituency builders

Fucking cavemen.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. At least 14 killed - perhaps 21

The suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives Tuesday night.

Police Assistant Superintendent Nathan Cheghan said Wednesday that 14 people were killed and 26 were wounded in the attack in Damaturu, capital of Yobe state.
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Witnesses said the tricycle taxi was driven into the outdoor area soon after the Brazil-Mexico match started Tuesday night. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

One hospital worker said he saw at least seven bodies. Another said 15 casualties were in intensive care. Both asked that their names not be published because they are not authorized to speak to reporters.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/explosion-rocks-damaturu-nigeria-world-cup-viewing-party-1.2678960

At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in northern Nigeria as they were watching a World Cup match, a hospital source has told the BBC.
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At least 27 people are said to have been seriously injured.
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"The military and police trucks that brought them in have made four return trips so far ferrying them in," the worker said.

"Every single truck was full of the injured. And all of them are young men or children."

The worker said that the injuries suffered by people caught up in the blast were "horrific".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27896257

[applegrove]

3. ***kers!